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Persist vs Adherent - What's the difference?

persist | adherent |

As verbs the difference between persist and adherent

is that persist is to go on stubbornly or resolutely while adherent is .

persist

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
  • To repeat an utterance.
  • To continue to exist.
  • (computing) To cause to persist; make permanent.
  • * 2006 , Marco Bellinaso, ASP.NET 2.0 Website Programming
    • This would not be saved after his session terminates because we don't have an actual user identity to allow us to persist the settings.
  • * 2009 , Alistair Croll, Sean Power, Complete Web Monitoring
    • While hashtags aren't formally part of Twitter, some clients, such as Tweetdeck, will persist hashtags across replies to create a sort of message threading.

    Synonyms

    * (go on stubbornly or resolutely) persevere, see also * (continue to exist) last, remain

    Derived terms

    * persistence / persistency * persistent

    See also

    (cognate terms using -sist) * absist * assist * consist * desist * exist * insist * resist * subsist

    Anagrams

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    adherent

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Adhesive, sticking to something.
    • (Alexander Pope)
  • Having the quality of clinging or sticking fast to something.
  • (botany) Attaching or pressing against a different organ.

    • Related terms

    * adhere * adherence * adhesive * coherent * inherent

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who has membership in some group, association or religion.

    • Anagrams

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